- Author
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Hall, J. R., Jr.
- Title
- High-Rise Building Fires.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
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USS30
June 2009
49 p.
- Keywords
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high rise buildings
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building fires
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fire statistics
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apartments
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fire protection
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office buildings
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hotels
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fire protection
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hospitals
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medical services
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costs
- Identifiers
- care of sick; clinics; doctor's office
- Abstract
- In 2003-2006, there were an average of 13,400 reported structure fires in high-rise buildings per year and associated losses of 62 civilian deaths, 490 civilian injuries, and $179 million in direct property damage per year. Four property classes account for the majority of high-rise fires: office buildings, hotels, apartment buildings, and facilities that care for the sick. Automatic fire protection equipment and fire-resistive construction are more common in high-rise buildings that have fires than in other buildings of the same property use that have fires. The risks of fire, fire death, and direct property damage due to fire tend to be lower in high-rise buildings than in other buildings of the same property use.